ARIZONA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 180

If America had an award for satirist-in-chief, David Sedaris would be the odds-on favorite.

Each year, Arizona Musicfest attracts some of the brightest young musical talent from around the State of Arizona to its instrumental and vocal competitions.

Due to the pink-a-riffic popularity of Pinkalicious, The Musical with pink princesses of all ages, Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) has extended its production to include dates through Sunday, May 8, 2016.

A new form of theatre has come to the Old Pueblo: the Red Theater Tucson - the fifth branch of the larger Red Theater Collective, which began in 2008 after the banishment from the University of Nebraska for performing controversial works.

In Hale Centre Theatre's current production of the award-winning classic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, high school ingenue Sarah Pansing plays the central character to the hilt, conferring upon the role a sensibility and sensitivity that one might expect of an old soul.

The National Theatre of Scotland's THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART is wonderful ~ an innovative work of interactive drama, written by David Greig, directed by Wils Wilson, and starring the enchanting Jessica Hardwick as Prudencia, David McKay, Paul McCole, Annie Grace, and Alasdair Macrae.

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, a blistering comedy battle of wits from Scott Carter, Executive Producer of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, that examines what happens when great men of history are forced to repeat it, comes to the Herberger

High School students have the opportunity to get first-hand advanced experience with theatre professionals in voice, movement, acting, classical styles, dance and backstage skills during Arizona Theatre Company's Summer on Stage Program, June 27 to July 29.

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) have announced a 45-date North American headlining tour which includes a one-night-only performance at Mesa Arts Center on Sunday, November 27 at 7:00 p.

Arizona Broadway Theatre blows the roof off the THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS with a non-stop hit parade of Lone Star big star moments.

'Rumpelstiltskin' and Adult Puppet Slam are coming up next month at Great AZ Puppet Theater.

Mesa, AZ -- Jacome Flamenco's newest production, ¡FlaMEXico!, blends together distinctive artistic elements of two traditional art forms -- Spain's Flamenco and Mexico's Mariachi -- in a live performance of music and dance.

The exceptional and distinctively comedic performances of Cathy Dresbach as Sonia and Bruce Laks as Vanya are the highlights of Theater Works' otherwise uneven production of Christopher Durang's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE.

Binary Theatre Company is proud to present "W omen of War, " running April 21 to April 24 at Binary Theatre's new location, ASU Tempe Center.

If you were ever curious as to what would occur if you locked our third president of the United States, the author of A Christmas Carol, and the author of War and Peace in an exitless room, you'll need to make it down to the Temple of Music and Art before April 30th.

This Glow-In-the-Dark Rainforest Adventure is showing April 9 and 16 with performances at 10:30am and 12pm.

Great AZ Puppet Theater will present THE THREE LITTLE PIGS and DAY OF PUPPETRY this April.

Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID will be presented by Valley Youth Theatre, June 10 - 26, 2016 at Center Stage at the Herberger Theater Center.

Pink princesses of all ages filled the seats of Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) donning tiaras and wands and dressed in their favorite color for the opening weekend of PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL.

  Scottsdale Musical Theater Company presents the rarely-seen Tony Award-winning musical Kiss of the Spider Woman.

In Theatre Artists Studio's current staging of Bruce Graham's THE OUTGOING TIDE, Michael Fleck, Judy Lebeau, and Steven Fajardo deliver stirring performances in a play that is equal parts revelatory, uplifting, and provocative.

This Glow-In-the-Dark Rainforest Adventure is showing April 9 and 16 with performances at 10:30am and 12pm.

The Studio proudly presents the Arizona premier of The Outgoing Tide by award-winning playwright Bruce Graham.

The Brelby Theatre Company located in Historic Downtown Glendale, continues their 8th season with a show devised entirely by the Brelby Ensemble.

Great AZ Puppet Theater will present THE THREE LITTLE PIGS and DAY OF PUPPETRY this April.